Lemizh / English dictionary
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wzà.
to protect someone/something-dat (from minor harm)
wzinskrùc. thimble (also the constellation which forms a small part of Centaurus, Crux and Musca; see appendix, Constellations) (⇐ ⇔ wzù skrùci. ‘means of protecting a finger’)
Etymology
gender change of
< NLem wzar‑k‑a ‘umbrella’, compound of
NLem wzar‑a ‘rain’
< LMLem, MLem wuzar‑yr
< OLem wuzar‑
< PLem *wozar‑ ‘water’ [inanimate]
< PIE *u̯ódr̥, deverbal noun of
PIE *u̯ed‑ ‘well, gush’
—and—
NLem, LMLem, MLem k‑a ‘opposition’
< Ghe q‑a /qa/
doublet of wzàhk.
Cognates
Eng water, undulate (via Lat unda ‘wave’), Gk ὕδωρ ‘water’